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(No Model.) S. E. DARNE.

COMBINED CRADLE AND NURSERY. No. 246,729. Patented Sept. 6,1881.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PA ENT OFrIcE.

SAMUEL E. DARNE, OF FAIR PLAY, COLORADO.

COMBINED CRADLE AND NURSERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,729, datedSeptember Application filed February 19, 1881. (N 0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. DARNE, of FairPlay, in the county of Park and State of Colorado, have invented a newand Improved Combined Cradle and Nursery, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this device is to provide an improved article forhousehold purposes that can be used either as a combined cradle and cribor as a separate cradle and separate nursery for children.

Theinvention consistsin constructing the era dle with a detachable topframe or crib so made and applied that when theframeis used upon thecradle it forms an efl'ective crib to protect and keep the child withinthe cradle, and when the crib is removed and placed upon the floor itforms an efi'ective nursery, in which the child may be placed andprotected, taught to walk,

amused, &c.

Figure l is a perspective view of the nursery portion of the device.Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the rockers and bed-frame, with partsbroken away to exhibit other parts. Fig.3 is a sectional elevation ofthe combined cradle and nursery.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Arepresents the cradle, and A the bed-frameof the cradle, with the outer end and side strips, a, fashioned in someornamental design and higher than the inner strips, I); and between thestrips (0 b is formed a groove, 0, extending all around the bed-frame A.

B are the legs of the cradle; C, the crossbars or rungs; D, the rocker,and F the crossslats to support a bed.

E represents the nursery or crib, consisting of top and bottomrectangular open frames, df, respectively, that are connected byvertical bars or slats g g,- and on the bottom frame,f, are fastenedcasters h, that facilitate the rolling or moving about of said nursery Eupon a floor when it is removed from the cradle.

When the combined cradle and nursery is made of fine wood it forms anornamental article for the household, while at the same time itpossesses several very useful qualities.

When the nursery E is applied upon the cradle, as shown in Fig. 3, itforms'an effective crib, in which the child is protected from fallingfrom the cradle or other accident. WVhe-n the nursery E is removed fromthe cradle the latter may still be used for all the ordinary purposes ofa cradle, while the nursery E, if placed upon the floor, forms aninclosure in which a young child may be placed to amuse itself, yet beprotected from accident. The bottom part of the nurseryE is intended tobe provided with casters h, on which the nursery may easily roll or bepropelled, the object being to enable the child to creep and push thenursery about and finally learn to walk.

The use of this invention in the household is calculated to promote thehealth and safety of children, and to save time, labor, and care on thepart of attendants.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and-desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A combined cradle and nursery constructedsubstantially as herein shown and described, consisting of a cradle, A,and detachable nursery E, as set forth.

2. In a combined cradle and nursery, the bed-frame A, provided withgroove 0 to receive the nursery E, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

SAMUEL E. DARNE.

Witnesses:

W. A. E. DE BEQUE, A. B. CROOT.

